Annette Baker

Man detained for protesting National Guard with Star Wars song sues Sam O’Hara filmed National Guard troops in D.C. while playing “The Imperial March” on his phone. He never thought his protest would lead to his being detained.

The government doesn't get to decide if your protest is funny, and the government officials can’t punish you for making them the punchline.

May the Force and the First Amendment be with you.

YouTube video by NPR Buttigieg: "We have a president who really is attempting to become an autocrat"

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Aaron Golay & the Original Sin!

50501 San Jose "Good Trouble Lives On" Protest and March · John Lewis Actions Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lie...

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Justice Sotomayor Says Lawyers Must ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Fight This Fight’

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'He can, in fact, be stopped': Buttigieg exhorts Democrats to show voters more in fight with Trump Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks with Jen Psaki about how Democrats can reassert their appeal to voters and take control of the country back from Donald Trump.

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“Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
- James Baldwin

FUND RESEARCH!! PLEASE!

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
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Lavender!?

Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.

"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."

Advocates worry over possible cuts to Head Start The decades-old federal program provides childcare, nutrition assistance and other services to the nation's poorest families.

Oh, let's end Head Start! That'd be a good idea?🤦🏼‍♀️
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Former US Congresswoman Liz Cheney issues urgent call to Democrats: “stop fundraising and start fighting” In the US, as political tensions reach a boiling point and democratic norms continue to erode under what many now

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I know that bench.